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Sep 19, 2023·edited Sep 19, 2023Author

Red Dawn 2012.

It wasn't that bad for the first two acts but completely fell apart in the third. The concept of a Chinese invasion utilizeing an EMP attack was a good, modern plot. It worked. But then the producers kowtow'd to pressure from studios to change the belligerent to North Korea. The hell? That little change made it completely implausible.

Plus, in the original all of the hero deaths were, you know, heroic. In this one they just happen. Okay, he's suddenly dead now. Bummer. No drama, no tears by the audience, just onto the next scene.

They planned on a sequel and left it hanging for that eventuality. But since it bombed that went nowhere.

What a disappointment.

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I thought of this. I saw only the first few minutes several years ago.

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Then you caught the highlights. 😀

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And the worst remake is...Red Dawn 2012. Good match everyone. See you on Monday.

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Is it okay if I never actually saw the remake? Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot by shot remake of Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece Psycho was one of the dumbest ideas in cinema history.

I'm a Hitchcock fan, and I love the original. But even if you don't like this rather grim and perverse film, has anyone in the history of the world said, "Gee, maybe if it had Anne Heche instead of Janet Leigh and it was in color instead of B&W... Yeah, that's the ticket." Anthony Perkins gives one of the most tender yet disturbing performances in cinema history and NO ONE would rather see Vince Vaugh (who I like) in the role instead.

Ted Turner could have colorized it for much less cost and expense.

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I've got no problem with that logic.

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Following Eustace, I’m going to say the 2016 Ben-Hur. What executives thought this would work? It was such a predictable failure.

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The Scarlett Letter - the 1995 Demi Moore/Gary Oldman version. I tend to think of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a bit of a peevish little fellow. But, I'd rather read ten different Hawthorne versions of The Custom-House than ever be subjected to such an abysmal cinematic presentation again.

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It’s been difficult sifting through the copious amounts of remake disasters. I finally had to go with the painfully obvious destruction of a classic. In all honesty I’m not the biggest fan of the original either, but that’s based on personal preference and genre.

The original Swept Away is a celebrated classic. In contrast, the remake is the butt of jokes. The first and biggest mistake was casting...I mean, Madonna. Need I say more? I’m not sure any of it really needs an explanation... if, you’ve watched it, you already know all it’s various issues. 😁

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Hmm. Perhaps I need to see the original version...

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Ooh this is gonna be a tough one. 😁

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It has been a bit since I have been able to jump in, but this is a must!

There are a lot of really bad remakes, but one that stands toward the top for me was the all female reboot of Ghostbusters. I find Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig pretty hilarious in general, but the other two have terrible timing, and weak delivery in almost everything they do. They all tried way too hard to prove that they could do it, instead of just doing it well. There was almost zero MOJO between the characters. It was so bad, that I never watched it again. So bad in fact, that they had to have Chris Hemsworth in a dumb role just to get people to watch it. I just can't do that to myself.

2016 Ghostbusters is my final answer

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I kinda want to see it. You know, in the way you kind of want to see the pictures when you hear a dude accidentally shot himself in the foot.

But I'll pass. The drinker excoriated this movie. https://youtu.be/DhnQsk3G_2c?si=vjofkRhlbOHQI4KX

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The Departed. Best Picture for a pointless, overlong, plodding, exceptionally foul-mouthed remake of a Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs.

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Sep 23, 2023Liked by Vince Guerra

So I actually think The Departed is a good movie. But Infernal Affairs is a tighter, better paced, better executed movie. The changes that Scorsese made actually worsened the story.

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Especially the ending.

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Especially the ending

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Ooh! I didn't know it was a remake!

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